Lot 120: RACKHAM, ARTHUR. 1867-1939. STEPHENS, JAMES. Irish Fairy Tales. London: M

RACKHAM, ARTHUR. 1867-1939. STEPHENS, JAMES. Irish Fairy Tales. London: Macmillan & Co., [1920]. 4to (275 x 220 mm). 16 tipped-in color plates. Modern burnt green crushed morocco by Asprey, decorated in gilt, with gilt multicolored decorated endpapers, g.e., a fine copy. DELUXE EDITION, limited to 520 copies, signed by Rackham, and this one finely bound by Asprey, incorporating an Irish motif. A lively collection of ten Irish folk tales retold by the celebrated author of The Crock of Gold (1912). The artist drew on Celtic folk tradition for his motifs, costumes and settings. Even the Irish were pleasantly impressed with the results, The Dublin Independent reporting, Some of Mr. Rackham’s pictures are pure poems--they set you dreaming. Latimore & Haskell, p 52; Riall, p 138.